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DontBringBertie

Martico said:

yupiteru said:

University of Amsterdam - Decision Making D008

By uva.nl

£3.35 • £8.88/hr

22 mins

0 places

This is a study of the University of Amsterdam on decision making. You will read instructions, answer comprehension and demographic questions, complete tasks, and take some decisions.

This study has two sessions:

- Today (27 minutes)

- On Thursday 29/09 (4 minutes). You need to complete this second session between 7am and 10pm, London and Dublin time.

You need to complete both sessions for your submission to be approved. The total completion reward for the two sessions will be GBP 3.75.

NOTE: We do not use deception. Every information we will give you in the instructions is true.

I found part one of this study very testing as there are instructions to be remembered with test questions after each section.

Luckily there is an unlimited number of chances (until you time out) to get the answers correct, which I did eventually and you can review the instructions again if you need to (I did).

It took me almost 50 minutes to complete, even when keeping notes, but it was a bit of fun with the potential for a £3 bonus at the end of the second session.

I did this one on Thursday when it was numbered D007.

Got a message today (hopefully this issue will have been ironed out by the time you did it):

Dear participant, As some of you have reported, during the study on Thursday, there was a technical problem with our server. The problem was such that we are not able to use your data in our analysis. For this reason we cannot invite you to the second session of the study anymore. However, we have already approved your submission to the first session. We are sorry for the inconvenience and for the late notice. Unfortunately it took some time to identify which participants were affected by the problem and which ones can still be invited to the second session.

I got the same message. 

Pointless study which seemed to consist of 5 minutes of the study and 25 minutes of reading overly complicated instructions.

yupiteru

DontBringBertie said:

Martico said:

yupiteru said:

University of Amsterdam - Decision Making D008

By uva.nl

£3.35 • £8.88/hr

22 mins

0 places

This is a study of the University of Amsterdam on decision making. You will read instructions, answer comprehension and demographic questions, complete tasks, and take some decisions.

This study has two sessions:

- Today (27 minutes)

- On Thursday 29/09 (4 minutes). You need to complete this second session between 7am and 10pm, London and Dublin time.

You need to complete both sessions for your submission to be approved. The total completion reward for the two sessions will be GBP 3.75.

NOTE: We do not use deception. Every information we will give you in the instructions is true.

I found part one of this study very testing as there are instructions to be remembered with test questions after each section.

Luckily there is an unlimited number of chances (until you time out) to get the answers correct, which I did eventually and you can review the instructions again if you need to (I did).

It took me almost 50 minutes to complete, even when keeping notes, but it was a bit of fun with the potential for a £3 bonus at the end of the second session.

I did this one on Thursday when it was numbered D007.

Got a message today (hopefully this issue will have been ironed out by the time you did it):

Dear participant, As some of you have reported, during the study on Thursday, there was a technical problem with our server. The problem was such that we are not able to use your data in our analysis. For this reason we cannot invite you to the second session of the study anymore. However, we have already approved your submission to the first session. We are sorry for the inconvenience and for the late notice. Unfortunately it took some time to identify which participants were affected by the problem and which ones can still be invited to the second session.

I got the same message. 

Pointless study which seemed to consist of 5 minutes of the study and 25 minutes of reading overly complicated instructions.

The version I completed was 008 so no such message so far and it sounds to me like they went over budget, being the cynic that I am, but I agree about the unnecessary complications.

I almost returned the study as it was getting tedious considering the payment for the time it was taking me.

elsien

Prolific overturned my rejection from the study with the technical hitch a little while ago. Quite pleased about that.

Makingabobor2

Deleted_User said:

It's not just you, Makinganonotr2 - None for me at all apart from several with just one place and 'Study Full' by the time I clicked on it - even clicking straightaway. 

Well sorry to hear you are having the same problem, but sort of glad its not just something I've done wrong. I've gone from doing several a day, to suddenly I have had nothing for 3 days. Hope it doesn't dry up as they were the best site for earning a few ££ that I know of. 

sammyjammy

Makingabobor2 said:

Deleted_User said:

It's not just you, Makinganonotr2 - None for me at all apart from several with just one place and 'Study Full' by the time I clicked on it - even clicking straightaway. 

Well sorry to hear you are having the same problem, but sort of glad its not just something I've done wrong. I've gone from doing several a day, to suddenly I have had nothing for 3 days. Hope it doesn't dry up as they were the best site for earning a few ££ that I know of. 

It happens every now and then, I wouldn't worry too much, they will return!

Martico

Yeah, I had several Thursday and Friday, barely anything a couple of days either side

willowcat27

Had one on Saturday, nothing yesterday - but then I don't normally get any on Sundays and I don't check in too often anyway.
Already had 3 this morning, just small ones but it all adds up.

[Deleted User]

All quiet for me - no available studies for four days now.

[Deleted User]

You started Magic Deception Study

27 Sep 2022, 08:01

I was so pleased (after such a quiet spell) to manage to secure a place on this study.  After entering some details and clicking to proceed, I was being asked to Log in to Vimeo.  I have not been able to do this as my Prolific email address and, using Prolific ID as password, are not being accepted. 

I have contacted the Researcher but, so far have not heard from them.  (I tried refreshing the page, opening the study in a new window and tried a different browser (Chrome and Firefox) but, unfortunately, it made no difference.  I could not get past the Vimeo log in window to access the video. 

Is anyone having success in accessing the video after putting their details (age, gender etc) in, in advance?

After waiting for about thirty minutes I had to Return the Study.  I am disappointed because I hoped to proceed - after such a really quiet spell.

willowcat27

Same here Deleted_User. I can't get past the log in page for the video either.  I have also just contacted the researcher but don't expect a response.  It's so annoying when they don't format the studies properly.